Abstract
- Acclaim Leisure, identified for video games based mostly on in style IPs, has relaunched to help indie builders and revitalize traditional IPs.
- The corporate is led by trade veterans and goals to carry again iconic video games from the ’80s and ’90s, like Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam.
- Acclaim’s revival comes at a time of nostalgia in leisure, offering a contemporary begin for a online game firm in 2025.
For individuals who’ve been enjoying video games for fairly a while now, you probably have heard of Accaim Leisure, the prolific firm that launched video games based mostly on in style IPs from comics, TV and flicks.
Whereas Acclaim closed down in 2004, citing Chapter 7 chapter because the case, the corporate is again!
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Acclaim Rises From The Ashes
In keeping with the press launch, Acclaim’s relaunch seeks to help indie builders and “reignite franchise classics.” Acclaim will present funding, advertising and PR help to indie builders to assist carry their artistic visions to a broad viewers.
One of many key targets of the corporate is to resurrect and revitalize its portfolio of traditional IPs. The advisory board consists of trade veterans: Russell Binder at Striker Leisure, Mark Caplan at Ridge Companions and Jeff Jarrett at World Power Leisure (sure, this is identical Jeff Jarrett from the WWE, TNA).
Talking of Jarrett, he gave an announcement alongside the announcement, stating, “For greater than three a long time, I’ve had the privilege to have been part of each the wrestling and gaming universes, and I am thrilled to now be a companion within the revival of Acclaim, an iconic writer identified for releasing a few of the most legendary video games of the ‘80s and ‘90s. From my early involvement with the writer’s hit 16-bit WWF titles to my expertise serving to form the TNA Wrestling collection, which spawned the primary online game wrestler to change into a full-time roster member within the Squared Circle, I’ve seen firsthand the kind of influence nice video games can have on gamers and followers. Resurrecting Acclaim is a chance to impart the identical diploma of ardour and like to a brand new era, and I am excited to be concerned.”
Heading the corporate will likely be video games trade veteran Alex Josef, who will act as CEO of Acclaim. Josef brings greater than 20 years of expertise advertising and publishing lots of of video games on PC, cell and consoles.
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Acclaim was based in 1987, and was probably the most prolific online game corporations within the ’80s and ’90s. Acclaim introduced Mortal Kombat, Turok, NBA Jam to residence consoles, and a ton of licensed video games as effectively.
Whereas not every part Acclaim pushed out was a gem (many of the licensed stuff was simply terrible from what I bear in mind), the corporate did discover success with its WWF video games and different first rate licensed merchandise. The final sport Acclaim launched was Showdown: Legends of Wrestling on the PS2 and Xbox in 2004, which was developed by Acclaim Studios Austin (previously generally known as Iguana Leisure).
With nostalgia enjoying an enormous think about leisure today, now could be the perfect time to relaunch the corporate. On the very least, it is refreshing to see a online game firm begin in 2025 fairly than see one other one shut down or be hit with large layoffs.
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